Sat, Jul 02, 2011
GA Letter Groups Plan To Press Ahead With Court Fight
It looks as if the FAA is bowing ... just a bit ... to pressure
from aviation advocacy groups on the BARR program. After being
notified that general aviation operator groups plan to challenge
changes to the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program,
the FAA on Friday agreed to extend from July 5, 2011 to July 14,
2011 the deadline for owner/operators to submit paperwork to remain
in the program "for the convenience of the Court." For the moment,
the implementation date for the DOT's planned changes remains
August 2, 2011.
The NBAA has administered the BARR program for a number of
years. Members of the AOPA and the EAA have expressed strong
support for maintaining the ability to preserve the BARR, which
allows individuals and companies to "opt out" of having their
aviation movements tracked over the Internet.
The NBAA and AOPA filed a petition with the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on June 22 seeking to overturn the
FAA's order. Today, the associations asked the court to prevent the
order from taking effect before it has ruled on the appeal. In
seeking court-ordered relief, the petition states, "Unless stayed,
a new policy from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will
begin infringing the basic privacy of thousands of private aircraft
owners and operators on August 2, 2011." The petition continues,
"Without citing any abuses in the program, inefficiencies,
administrative burdens, undue costs, or any other pragmatic
rationale, FAA has declared that privacy
concerns—categorically—no longer justify blocking
private flight information from the public." It argues that the
FAA's action is arbitrary and capricious, and will cause
irreparable harm to private aircraft owners and operators.
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